Major foreign coup for Bay consultancy
After a tough bidding process, the Talent Institute's proven Middle East business credentials sealed the strategic people development partnership.
IN another international coup for Richards Bay-based management consultancy, Talent Institute, the Central Bank of Oman (CBO) has announced the appointment of the Zululand company to conduct its identification and accelerated development of high-potential employees and future leaders.
After a tough bidding process, the Talent Institute’s proven Middle East business credentials sealed the strategic people development partnership with the CBO, which is the equivalent of the South African Reserve Bank.
This is not the first high-profile foreign contract landed by the Bay firm, which has a registered office in Dubai and extensive representation in different Gulf States.
In 2012 the Oman Oil Company retained Talent Institute’s expertise in leader development and human capital risk management to validate the progression potential of leaders prior to their admission to an executive education programme presented by the London School of Business. Candidates came from a range of different industries.
A year earlier the company’s track record in organisational capacity building secured a massive contract with the Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Company (ORPIC). Prior to that was a deal with the Saudi Arabian Mining Company.
Talent Institute’s Managing Director Errol van Staden says another contract with the Omani Ministry of Education is also in the pipeline, while operations in Botswana is expanding.
‘The reason our services are so in demand is that the Middle Eastern and some African countries like Botswana have realised that the mitigation of people risk and professional talent management in today’s modern economies are strategic business imperatives,’ said Van Staden.
